54th Annual Meeting -    
45th Voice Institute
Boston, MA

Monday
  29 Aug '05  

  07:00-08:00 PM  Faculty Meeting in Gress's Suite
  08:00-09:00 PM  Basic Voice Science Review

Tuesday
  30 Aug '05  

  7:00 - ?           President's Reception for Board Members &
                           Invited Guests, Faculty, and Staff

  08:00-08:15   Opening Events (For Faculty, ST's & LT's)
  08:15-08:45   Overview - Speech Options following Laryngectomy
                             Carla Gress, ScD (For Faculty, ST's & LT's)
  08:45-09:15   Anatomical Considerations for Speech
                            following a  Laryngectomy
                             Minnie Graham - (For Faculty, ST's & LT's)
  09:15-10:15   Artificial Larynx Options and Teaching Their Use
                             Shirley Salmon, PhD
                             (For Faculty, ST's & LT's)
  10:15-10:30   Break
  10:30-11:15   Clinic in ALD's and Laboratory Activities
                             Shirley Salmon, PhD et. al.  (For ST's & LT's)
  11:15-11:35   Refinement of Speech Using an ALD
                             Salmon (For ST's & LT's)
  11:35-12:00   Selecting an ALD
                             Salmon (For ST's & LT's) 
  12:00-1:00     Lunch On Your Own
  1:00-1:30       ALD Adjustments and Basic Repairs
                              Mark Finfrock  (For ST's & LT's)
  1:30-2:15       Introduction to Esophageal Speech  
                              Graham  (For ST's & LT's)
  2:15-3:00       Developing Functional Esophageal Speech
                              Graham (For ST's & LT's)
  3:00-3:15       Break
  3:15-3:45       TEP Candidacy
                               Donna Graville  (For ST's & LT's)
  3:45-4:30       Fitting a TEP/Prosthesis
                               Meaghan Kane Benjamin (For ST's & LT's)
  4:30-6:00       Evaluating Alaryngeal Speech
                                Salmon - Evaluating ALD Speech
                                Graham - Evaluating Esophageal Speech
                                Glenn Bunting- Evaluating TEP/Prosthesis Speech
  6:00 - ?           Dinner On Your Own
  7:00 - ?           President's Reception for Board Members &
                           Invited Guests, Faculty, and Staff

Wednesday
31 Aug '05

  12:00-4:00   Early Registration
  All Day -        IAL Committee Meetings  
  7:00-10:00   IAL Meet & Greet Reception

  08:00-09:00   Tracheoesophageal Prosthesis Product Overview
                              ATOS & InHealth  (For ST's & LT's)
  09:30-10:00   Surgical/Medical Treatments for Laryngeal Cancer
                              Mark Singer  (For ST's & LT's)
  10:00-10:30   Hygiene Issues and Stoma Care
                              Lynn Acton  (For ST's & LT's)
  10:30-10:45   Break
  10:45-11:15   Bodily Changes Associated with Laryngectomy
                               Tammy Wigginton (For ST's & LT's)
  11:15-12:00   Meeting the Counseling Needs of Laryngectomees
                            & Families
                              Caryn Melvin (For ST's & LT's)
  12:00-1:00     Lunch On Your Own
  12:15-12:45   Orientation for VIP'S
                              Gress (VIP's & Spouses Only)
  1:00-1:45        Dysphasia       
                              Andrew Palmer (For ST's & LT's)
  1:45-2:15        Selecting a TE Prosthesis
                               Gress (For ST's & LT's)
  2:15-3:15        Tracheostoma Valves & Their Attachments
                               Acton  (For ST's & LT's)
  3:15-3:30         Break
  3:30-4:30         Troubleshooting the TE Prosthesis
                               Gress (For ST's & LT's)
  4:30-6:30        Hands-On 1 - (VIP, ST/LT, Faculty Team
                               Meetings - No spouses/observers)
  7:00-10:00      IAL Meet and Greet Reception

Thursday
1 Sep '05

  08:00-4:00      Registration Desk Open
  09:00-10:15   Opening Ceremonies & Keynote Address
                              Daniel Deshler, MD - For All
  10:15-10:45   Break
  10:15-5:00     Vendor Exhibits
  10:45-11:30   Dental Care Following Head & Neck Cancer
                             Dan Nathanson - For All
  11:30-12:15    Respiratory Function After Laryngectomy
                             and Its Restoration  
                               Finfrock - For All 
  12:15-1:15      Lunch On Your Own
  1:15-2:00         Gastroesophageal Reflux Primer
                              Granville and Palmer - For All
  2:00-3:00        Medical Panel (Gress, Singer, Deschler,
                            ,Lewin)   For All
  3:00-4:00      Break & Visit Vendors
  4:00-5:00      Toastmaster/Public Speaking
                             Gary Miner
  5:00-6:00      Group Speech Sessions
  6:00-8:00      On Your Own
  8:00-10:00    Sing-A-Long

  08:00-09:00   Failure to Acquire TEP Speech
                              Jan Lewin  (For Faculty, ST's & LT's)
  09:00-10:15   Opening Ceremonies & Keynote Address
                              Daniel Deshler, MD - For All
  10:15-10:45   Break
  10:15-5:00     Vendor Exhibits
  10:45-11:30   Dental Care Following Head & Neck Cancer
                             Dan Nathanson - For All
  11:30-12:15    Respiratory Function After Laryngectomy
                             and Its Restoration  
                               Finfrock - For All 
  12:15-1:15      Lunch On Your Own
  1:15-2:00         Gastroesophageal Reflux Primer
                              Graville and Palmer - For All
  2:00-3:00        Medical Panel (Gress, Singer, Deschler,
                             Lewin)   For All
  3:00-3:15        Break
  3:15-4:00        Management of the Pharynx
                              Deschler (For ST's & LT's)
  4:00-5:00        Hands-On 2 - (VIP, ST/LT, Faculty Team Meetings)
  5:00-6:00        Group Speech Sessions
  6:00-8:00         Dinner On Your Own
  8:00-10:00      Sing-A-Long

Friday
  2 Sep '05 

  9:00-5:00       Vendor Exhibits
  09:00-10:00   Visitation Training - Tina Long
  10:00-10:15   Break   
  10:15-11:00   Hearing Loss & Its Treatment -
                               Dr. Joseph Nadol
  11:00-12:00   Tobacco Education: Fighting for
                            Tobacco Dollars -
                               Bob Mehrman
  12:00-1:15      Lunch On Your Own
  1:15-2:00        "Look Ma, No Hands" - Jim Shanks
  2:00-2:45       Surgical/Medical Treatments of
                            Laryngeal Cancer
                               Dr. Mark Singer
  2:45-3:30        Break
  2:45-5:00        Ladies Only Program
  3:30-4:15        Estate Planning - Donald Freedman, Esq.
  4:15-5:00        Managing Grief, Anger, & Depression -
                               Caryn Melvin      
  5:00-6:00        Group Speech Sessions
  6:00- ?             On Your Own
 

6:30-7:30       WebWhispers Reception                                   Pre-registration required      7:30-10:00     WebWhispers Banquet                                Pre-registration required

  08:00-12:30  TEP Hands-On Clinic at Massachusetts
                             Eye and Ear Infirmary
                             (For Faculty, VIP's,  ST's, LT's,
                               and Invited Volunteers)
  9:00-5:00       Vendor Exhibits
  12:30-1:30     Lunch On Your Own
  1:15-2:00       Augmentative & Alternative Communications 
                              Kathryn Zainea  (For Faculty, ST's & LT's)
  2:00-2:45       Surgical/Medical Treatments of
                            Laryngeal Cancer
                               Dr. Mark Singer
  2:45-3:30       Break
  3:30-4:15       Refinement of Esophageal Speech (Panel)
                             Fenn (For ST's and LT's)
  4:15-5:00       Hands-On 3 - (VIP, ST/LT, Faculty Team Meetings)
  5:00-6:00       Group Speech Sessions
  6:00- ?            On Your Own
 

6:30-7:30      WebWhispers Reception                                    Pre-registration required      7:30-10:00    WebWhispers Banquet                                 Pre-registration required

Saturday
3 Sep '05

  08:00-09:00    Vendor Exhibits Closed for VI Activity
  9:00-12:00      Vendor Exhibits
  09:00-11:30    IAL Delegates Meeting
  11:30-1:00      Lunch On Your Own
  12:00               Vendor Exhibits Close
  12:30-2:45      Magic Show, Fun Show & Raffle
  2:45-5:00        IAL Board of Directors Meeting
                            (Observers Welcome)
  6:00- 7:00       No Host Cocktails
  7:00-11:00     IAL Reception and Banquet

  08:00-09:00   Scavenger Hunt with Vendors
                              (For ST's and LT's)  
  9:00-12:00      Vendor Exhibits
  09:00-09:30   Reimbursement and Coding -
                              Gress (For ST's and LT's)
  09:30-10:15   Documentation -
                              Choi-Farshi (For ST's and LT's)
  10:15-10:30   Break
  10:30-12:00   Hands-On 4 - (VIP, ST/LT, Faculty Team Meetings)
  12:00               Vendor Exhibits Close
  12:00-12:30   Closing of Voice Institute -
                               CEU's, Course Evaluations
  12:30-1:30      Lunch On Your Own
  12:30-2:45      Magic Show, Fun Show & Raffle
  1:30-2:45         IAL TEST (Optional) - Kane/Wigginton
                                (For ST's & LT's)
  5:00-6:00         VI Faculty Meeting
  6:00-7:00         No Host Cocktails
  7:00-11:00       IAL Reception and Banquet